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Congressional leaders will announce an agreed upon a top line spending number, a major step towards possibly averting a government shutdown. NBC News' Julia Jester reports on the next steps of how the money could be appropriated. 

Sinema telling us they really hope to be able to have something to show for themselves and present to members next week. katie? >> my thanks to nbc news correspondent, julia jester. its always so good to see you, and thank you for being with us. joining me now for more on this conversation is congresswoman jasmine crockett, whos also a member of the house oversight committee. congresswoman, i want to talk about the border in a second, but i really want to start with a blockbuster report that cam...

And the next GOP debate is Wednesday, with the Iowa caucuses just over two months away.

And Kamala Harris will be in Bletchley Park, U.K., today for the Global Summit on AI Safety.

Three for donald trump. tonight, the former president will speak at the alabama gop dinner, his first event after pleading not guilty again. and this hour ron desantis is speaking in iowa, while former vice president mike pence has an event tonight in new hampshire after releaing too honest merchandise. nbcs julia jester joins us from new hampshire now. what are you hearing from voters there? >> reporter: good to be with you, ana. we have been chatting with voters here in new hampshire about tru...

Issues like inflation, ana? >> julia jester, thank you for that snapshot of whats on the voters mind. lets bring in matthew dowd. trump speaking the day after his arraignment, it is just interesting because we have been down this road before now, with this same person. is it just the former presidents reality now and his new reality show, court date, campaign event, over and over? >> well, he seems to be using it as a positive jumping off point, which right now for the republican primary it is. ...

Would much rather talk about the economy and foreign policy because in their minds, nothing that trump does is going to change what his base thinks about him. that was reflected in conversations that we had with trump supporters whose opinions were not swayed by the first two indictment and its certainly not going to be with the third, even though they are completely different. >> i love that you played that sound for me. for more on this, we are joined by nbc news political editor mark murray. ...

There have been no new communications between the United Nations and North Korea since Pvt. Travis King first bolted across the border to the secretive state, U.S. officials said.

At where this is going to take russia beyond its own borders. ukraine and china -- how will ukraine capitalize on this moment? how can congress ensure that ukraine has what it means to do so? what will china do? you have the chairman of house foreign affairs, congressman michael mccaul, saying chairman xi is probably having second thoughts about its alliance with putin and is taking a close look as it navigates its situation with taiwan. lots of ripple effects are coming out of this unrest in ru...

But also other countries that perhaps have been sitting on the sidelines, lining themselves with russia to perhaps reconsider. and to that end, lawmakers are calling for strong doubling down in american support of ukraine. you have the senate foreign relations committee saying that theyre going to focus on ensuring that ukraine has what it needs, and so members of congress are really looking to this pivotal moment as an opportunity to redouble support for ukraine, to make sure that ukrainians ha...